Utah Puts Recognition Of Same-Sex Couples’ Adoptions On Hold
“The stay prevents further confusion,” the Utah Attorney General’s Office announced in a statement.
“The stay prevents further confusion,” the Utah Attorney General’s Office announced in a statement.
Stay is granted.
The clerks of Conway, Lonoke, Washington, and White counties have some questions.
The judge also denied the state’s request for a stay of his order. The state is appealing the decisions to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issues a temporary order stopping same-sex couples’ marriages, which were due to start at 9 a.m. Friday.
A delay is needed to stop “unseemly chaos, confusion, conflict, uncertainty,” lawyers for Idaho Gov. Butch Otter argue to the court. A countdown to Friday. [Update: Plaintiff couples file opposition to the governor’s request.]
“[M]otion for emergency stay denied.” Law barring clerks from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples remains in effect, though, the court adds.
“These laws do not withstand any applicable level of constitutional scrutiny.” [Update at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday: Judge denies governor’s stay request, although the order does not go into effect until Friday morning.] [Update at 3 p.m. Wednesday: Governor appeals case and stay denial to the 9th Circuit.]
“If you’re concerned about the children, why does Virginia want to rip that away from a child?” Judge Roger Gregory raises the issue of children of same-sex couples in a court hearing Tuesday.
Virginia has been “on the wrong side” of several key civil rights issues, Virginia’s Attorney General Mark Herring says. But not marriage equality, he argues in an interview with BuzzFeed hours before an appeals court considers the issue.
“THIS COURT HEREBY FINDS the Arkansas constitutional and legislative ban on same-sex marriage through Act 144 of 1997 and Amendment 83 is unconstitutional.” [Update: The state is seeking an immediate stay.]
“When our system tolerates secrecy, constitutional abuses — such as the tortured death of Mr. [Clayton] Lockett — occur,” lawyers for Texas death row inmate Robert James Campbell argue about last week’s botched execution in Oklahoma. Lawyers for Texas say their state’s process is different. [Update: The judge ruled against stopping the upcoming execution.]
Update: The state initially agreed to an 180-day stay agreement following last week’s botched execution. The court has now moved the execution to Nov. 13, 2014.
Death penalty developments over the past decade show “the urgent need for reform and issuance of new and revised recommendations,” a new report states.
Only 36% of Americans believe the justices usually decide cases based only on the law, according to a new poll being released Wednesday.
The justices — in a 5-4 decision — ruled that the New York town of Greece’s opening prayer is constitutionally allowed.
“[A]n independent review of the state’s procedures would be appropriate and effective,” Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says.
White House press secretary Jay Carney reaffirms Obama’s support for the death penalty in the wake of a botched execution in Oklahoma.
Lawyers argue at the Supreme Court over whether the Constitution protects arrested people from having their cell phones searched without a warrant.
Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement of a $4.75 million data collection grant-based program is met with pushback from advocates seeking federal action to stop racial profiling.